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The Wizard of Oz Level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library

Baum, L. Frank

A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Rosemary Border Dorothy lives in Kansas, USA, but one day a cyclone blows her and her house to a strange country called Oz. There, Dorothy makes friends with the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion. But she wants to go home to Kansas. Only one person can help her, and that is the country's famous Wizard. So Dorothy and her friends take the yellow brick road to the Emerald City, to find the Wizard of Oz . . .

The Woman in White - With Audio Level 6 Oxford Bookworms Library

Collins, Wilkie

A level 6 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. This version includes an audio book: listen to the story as you read. Retold for Learners of English by Richard G. Lewis. The woman in white first appears at night on a lonely heath near London and is next seen at a grave-side in Cumberland. Who is she? Where has she come from, and what is her history? She seems alone and friendless, frightened and confused. And it seems she knows a secret - a secret that could bring ruin and shame to a man who will do anything to keep her silent. This famous mystery thriller by Wilkie Collins has excitement, suspense, romance, and a plot that twists and turns on every page.

The Woman in White Level 6 Oxford Bookworms Library

Collins, Wilkie

A level 6 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Richard G. Lewis The woman in white first appears at night on a lonely heath near London and is next seen at a grave-side in Cumberland. Who is she? Where has she come from, and what is her history? She seems alone and friendless, frightened and confused. And it seems she knows a secret - a secret that could bring ruin and shame to a man who will do anything to keep her silent. This famous mystery thriller by Wilkie Collins has excitement, suspense, romance, and a plot that twists and turns on every page.

The Year of Sharing - With Audio Level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library

Gilbert, Harry

A level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. This version includes an audio book: listen to the story as you read. Written for Learners of English by Harry Gilbert. Richard is bored with the quiet life of his village. He would like to have a motor-car and drive it . . . very fast. But Richard lives in a future world where there are no cars, only bicycles and small villages and green forests. And now he is twelve years old, and like the other children, he must do his Year of Sharing. He must live alone in the forest with the wild animals. He must learn to share his world; he must learn how animals live and eat and fight . . . and die.

The Year of Sharing Level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library

Gilbert, Harry

A level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library graded readers. Written for Learners of English by Harry Gilbert Richard is bored with the quiet life of his village. He would like to have a motor-car and drive it . . . very fast. But Richard lives in a future world where there are no cars, only bicycles and small villages and green forests. And now he is twelve years old, and like the other children, he must do his Year of Sharing. He must live alone in the forest with the wild animals. He must learn to share his world; he must learn how animals live and eat and fight . . . and die.

Through the Looking-Glass - With Audio Level 3 Oxford Bookworms Library

Carroll, Lewis

A level 3 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. This version includes an audio book: listen to the story as you read. Retold for Learners of English by Jennifer Bassett. 'I wish I could get through into looking-glass house,' Alice said. 'Let's pretend that the glass has gone soft and . . . Why, I do believe it has! It's turning into a kind of cloud!' A moment later Alice is inside the looking-glass world. There she finds herself part of a great game of chess, travelling through forests and jumping across brooks. The chess pieces talk and argue with her, give orders and repeat poems . . . It is the strangest dream that anyone ever had . . .

Through the Looking-Glass Level 3 Oxford Bookworms Library

Carroll, Lewis

A level 3 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Jennifer Bassett 'I wish I could get through into looking-glass house,' Alice said. 'Let's pretend that the glass has gone soft and . . . Why, I do believe it has! It's turning into a kind of cloud!' A moment later Alice is inside the looking-glass world. There she finds herself part of a great game of chess, travelling through forests and jumping across brooks. The chess pieces talk and argue with her, give orders and repeat poems . . . It is the strangest dream that anyone ever had . . .

To był tylko pies. O żałobie po zwierzętach

Daria Grzesiek

Kinga była ulubienicą Poznania - płakało po niej całej miasto. Suczki Tusia i Ziutka na ostatni posiłek zjadły to, co szkodziło im za życia: pierwsza łososia i zielone oliwki, druga parówkę. Żółw E.T. dostał imię po dzielnym ufoludku z filmu Spielberga - pokonał go zepsuty kabel grzewczy w skrzyni do hibernowania. Daria Grzesiek zebrała opowieści opiekunów, którzy doświadczyli śmierci swoich zwierząt. Zrobiła to, ponieważ sama mierzyła się z chorobą, cierpieniem i odejściem swojej Ziuty. Wtedy uświadomiła sobie, że nie wie, w którym momencie najlepiej podjąć decyzję o eutanazji ani jak zorganizować taki zabieg, co zrobić z ciałem, jakie są możliwości pochówku zwierzęcia i w końcu - jak poradzić sobie z bólem po stracie. Jej bohaterowie stanęli przed podobnymi dylematami: ile kosztuje kremacja świnki morskiej, a ile konia? Czy eutanazja wygląda jak spokojne usypianie? Czy na pogrzebie zwierzęcia są przemowy, modlitwy, śpiewy? W jaki sposób upamiętnić zmarłego innego gatunku? Koty i psy, ale również słoń, świnki morskie, żółwie, koń i kury. Historie ich oraz ich opiekunów są historiami o śmierci - więc o życiu. O trosce i odpowiedzialności, o dzieleniu codzienności, o wspólnych radościach, przyjaźni, planach, oddaniu, poświęceniu, o chorobie, pożegnaniu i o tym, jak przeżyć żałobę, gdy otoczenie reaguje wzruszeniem ramion: daj spokój, to był tylko pies.